This Is The Plan

Ever since it was announced that the 2014 World Cup would be in Brazil I’ve wanted to go…

Then I thought “Well if I’m going to Brazil then I’d like to go for longer than a 2 week holiday”. Then I thought “I know, I’ll do a cycle tour of South America before the tournament starts”. Then I thought “Actually it’s gonna be pretty tricky to cover an entire massive continent by bike, maybe just one massive country is enough to start with”. Then I thought “Visiting every footy stadium could be a great route”. Then I looked at this website – http://www.sportmapworld.com/venues/2014-fifa-world-cup-stadiums/ – and found out it’s 7,500 miles to drive south to north between all the stadiums from Porto Alegre to Manuas! Then I thought “Yeah that’s plenty far enough for my first ever proper cycle tour, and in a country I’ve never been to and don’t even speak the language”.

So that’s what I’m going to do – cycle stadium to stadium across Brazil in Jan-Jun 2014: